Clothespin holder



A 4, 1953 w. J. CANNON 2,647,550

CLOTHESPIN HOLDER Filed Aug. 17, 1951 INVENTOR FIG. 4. WILLIAM J. CANNON u Ml vpiiila'pl 1 l7 12 BY A? 16 QMM E ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 4, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESPIN HOLDER 1 William J. Cannon, Covington, Ga.

Application August 17, 1951, Serial No. 242,230

1 Claim.

This invention relates to clothes-pin bags of the type adapted to be suspended on a clothesline and slid along ahead of wet clothes, so that the pins are readily available and to receive the pins when the dried clothes are removed.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a new type of clothes-pin bag having a mouth closure similar to that of a pocket-book and a pivoted bail with a hook member adapted to be hooked on a clothes-line, so that the bag can be slid along the line with its mouth wide open to provide ready access to the pins.

Another object of the invention is to provide a greatly improved clothes-pin bag of the type described having a hook member on a mouth frame, so that the bag can be hooked on a clothes-line for the reception of removed pins, and on the edge of a clothes basket or receptacle after the clothes are removed from the line.

Other aims and advantages of the invention will appear in the specification when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a clothes-pin bag embodying the invention and showing it hung on a clothes-line;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the bag showing the mouth closed and the bail swung down; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the new type of clothes-pin bag is shown as being somewhat similar to a pocket-book, having an enlarged bag l0, preferably made of woven fabric or flexible plastic sheet material. The bag is preferably in the form of a sack having triangular gussets H with mouth portions secured to a pair of inverted U-shaped metal frames l2 and I3 of a conventional type, like those employed in ladies hand bags. The frame members are preferably of U-shaped sheet metal and the upper edges of the bag are shown as being secured to them by rivets M.

The frames l2 and 13 are shown as having snap members I5 to hold them in closed position.

In this example, a wire bail I6, having an upper hook portion I1, is shown as bein pivotally connected to the frames 12' and 13. The pivoted lower ends of the bail are shown as providing pivotal bearings for the frames.

The ball is adapted to swing upwardly in the plane of the bag and releasably held in that position to suspend the bag from a clothes-line between stop shoulders I8 and spaced humps or lugs H! on the vertical legs of the frame member l3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The construction is such that the bail can be hooked on a clothesline, as shown in Fig. l, with the mouth opened for ready access to the clothes-pins, the frame member l3 being suspended vertically; while the opened frame member I2 is swung open laterally with the open mouth of the bag facing the user. When the bag is thus suspended on the clothesline it is slid thereon to make room for the garments as they are progressively pinned on the line (Fig. 1). The bail is long enough to suspend the open mouth of the bag within easy reach of the left hand of the user. The swinging move ment of the frame member [2 is limited by a flexible cable or cord 20 secured to the legs of the frame members, so that the mouth of the bag is held wide open.

When all of the garments are hung out, the mouth of the bag may be snapped closed and the bag carried into the house with the empty clothes basket. To enable it to be hung onto the edge of the basket, there is shown a wire hook 2| integrally secured to the middle of the frame member [3. The bail is then swung down over the bag. Incidentally, this hook member may also be hooked onto the clothes line when the dry clothes are removed, so that the pins may readily be deposited in the open mouth of the bag as they are progressively removed from the clothes line.

The bag, filled with the clothes-pins, is taken in with the dry clothes and may be hung up by its bail or laid away until the next wash-day.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the new type clothes-pin bag is very simple in construction and can be made at a relatively small cost. It is easy to manipulate and is very convenient in use. It avoids the loss of clothespins and keeps them ready for use at all times.

Obviously, the invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment thereof herein shown and. described.

What is claimed is:

A clothes-pin holder of the character described, comprising a flexible bag having an open mouth; a pair of hinged U-shaped frame members secured to the open mouth end of the bag having fastening members to secure them in closed position; a U-shaped wire bail member pivotally secured to the frame members at their hinge axes and having a hook adapted to engage a clothes-line, whereby the opened bag may be suspended from and slid along the line to afford free access to the clothes-pins; and stop means on a leg of one of the frame members engageable by a leg of the bail member to hold the frame member carrying said stop means in vertically suspended position.

WILLIAM J. CANNON.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 506,302 Bowers Oct. 10, 1893 Number 10 Number Name Date Ross June 7, 1898 Kleinstuber Jan. 31, 1899 Barr Feb. 16, 1909 Franke Oct. 3, 1911 01pp Dec. 10, 1912 Smith et a1. Apr. 30, 1940 Cowles June 7, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain July 4, 1891 

